The exam questions are designed to assess the core competencies of high school students as achieved in accordance with the 2018 general education curriculum issued by the Ministry of Education and Training .

Through the content of the general education curriculum, the test assesses competencies belonging to 3 core competency groups: Problem-solving and creativity; communication and collaboration; autonomy and self-learning, exploration, discovery, and application of knowledge in natural sciences and/or social sciences, and some specific competencies: Reasoning, logical thinking, language, mathematics, information technology, and English language proficiency.

A portion of the sample test paper for the Mathematics and Data Processing section of the Ministry of Defense 's competency assessment exam. (Screenshot)

The sample test for the competency assessment exam has illustrative questions similar to the official exam, consisting of 3 parts, with a total score of 150: Mathematics and Data Processing (80 minutes, 50 questions), Literature - Language (55 minutes, 50 questions), and Science or English (60 minutes, 50 questions).

For the Science subject, candidates can choose one of four combinations: Physics - Chemistry, Chemistry - Biology, Physics - Biology, or History - Geography.

The exam score is determined based on the total number of correct answers, the difficulty level, and the discrimination index of each question. Incorrect or unanswered questions are not scored. The score sheet includes the total score and the scores for the three sections of the exam. Candidates take the exam directly on computers in standard examination rooms. The exam score is automatically graded using the exam software.

The difficulty level of the mathematics and data processing, literature and language, and science sections increases progressively from level 1 to level 3 and is allocated proportionally as follows: level 1 is 20%, level 2 is 60%, and level 3 is 20%.

The Military Science Academy organized a mock exam on computers using the ITest software. Photo: Xuan Hung

Meanwhile, the English test is divided into four levels (levels 2, 3, 4, and 5) according to the 6-level foreign language proficiency framework for Vietnam, equivalent to levels A2, B1, B2, and C1 in the Common European Framework of Reference. The specific percentages for these levels are as follows: Level 2 is 25%, Level 3 is 35%, Level 4 is 35%, and Level 5 is 5%.

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